WRITING

We have been looking at a James K Baxter poem and have used it as a model to write our own.

The holidays were usual enough, they had

A lake with no fish, a bucket of lego, a blank canvas, a light dusting of cornflour and even an Escaped bunny which took under a day to find.

My mum dad and I did what all families do, fished with fruitless results, made lego sculptures, Created planet hoth using cornflour, painted abstract pictures and made missing bunny posters

Doing nothing important.

By Finn

The holidays were usual enough

They had a boat, a lake, an amazing

Sunset, and even a long and rough

Biscuit ride. My family and I did what

Any family does, took long naps on the

Boat, made swords out of sticks, bows out

Of flax and even had an ice cream food fight

Doing nothing important.

By Brodie

The holidays were usual enough; they had

A cold lake, boring Saturday's, snow, ice in beautiful shapes

And even, cold lakes and

Skimming stones. My grandparents, mother, siblings and I

Did what family do - go on vacation in a great low light pollution place

Played in the snow, and felt incredibly ill, read books by a fire,

Met ponies, ditched the car and went by bus,

Bought two chocolate bars when we were supposed to buy one, had two servings of hot Chocolate, made an amazing snowman that people came and took photos of

Doing nothing important.

By Ron

The holidays were usual enough, they had

A warehouse with a faulty system, a wrong sized bed sheet, a bad internet connection

A broken swing and even a garden patch that wasn’t growing.

My parents and I went to the warehouse, ate food,

Visited a retirement village, did ICAS

Doing nothing important.

By Arjuna

The holidays were usual enough; they had

An astounding zoo, a frigid pool, a grassy park and even terribly terrific taekwon-do

Lessons. My dad, Mum, siblings and I did what holidaymakers do - shivered on

Long numbing walks each raw morning, played thrilling games every day, dreaded and

Could not wait until the start of a new school term, went to perfectly positive partys,

Walked to the market, dozed and read comics, argued and wrote

Doing nothing important.

Katie

Soyo was usual enough; it had delicious yogurt,

Thousands of toppings, spoons, three sizes of cups,

And even a selfie camera. My friends, their parents

And I did what us girls usually do, go nuts with the selfie cam,

Eat all the lollies we could, made a mountain of flavoured Yogurt, giggled at things we shouldn't have,

Sang along to lady gaga

Doing nothing important.

By Erin